Posted on Tuesday, March 04, 2025 12:06 PM
The City of St. Catharines is committed to ensuring our community’s recreation facilities are maintained to the highest standard. As part of this ongoing commitment, Seymour-Hannah Sports and Entertainment Centre will undergo a major refrigeration system replacement from June to August 2025.
This $1.7-million project, approved in the 2024-2026 Multi-Year Capital Budget, will include the replacement of the refrigeration plant, compressors, and cooling towers. These components are beyond their...
Posted on Thursday, January 04, 2024 03:53 PM
January 4, 2024 – Mayor Mat Siscoe has released his 2024-26 Multi-Year Budget, which includes a 1.49% City tax levy increase for 2024, starting the 30-day amendment period for Council under the new Strong Mayor legislation. The amendment period allows City Council the opportunity to make changes to the budget and propose service level changes that could further impact the City portion of the levy.
Mayor Siscoe pointed out that, while the new system for the Budget is different from the process...
Posted on Sunday, December 31, 2023 11:59 PM
St. Catharines Mayor Mat Siscoe and the St. Catharines Public Library (SCPL) are teaming up for an annual, year-round reading challenge, to help people of all ages fall in love with reading, beginning January 1st, 2024.
“I am a lifelong reader and I firmly believe that readers are leaders. The importance of reading cannot go unnoticed. It gets your mind working across different areas, boosts communication skills, diversifies our knowledge set, enhances creativity, and most importantly –...
Posted on Tuesday, December 05, 2023 02:45 PM
December 5, 2023 -
With the ongoing budget deliberations, questions have been asked about the status of the former YMCA building located at 25 YMCA Drive, and the City’s possible involvement in running programming through the facility.
City staff, on the direction of Council, engaged with property owner Atria Development about the possible use of the YMCA building to allow for City recreational programming, specifically with respect to the pool space.
After several months of back-and-forth, Atria...
Posted on Monday, November 13, 2023 03:59 PM
St. Catharines, ON – Mayor Mat Siscoe is thrilled to announce the total funds raised and local charity recipients from the Mayor’s Inaugural Charity Golf Tournament, through his SCORE (St. Catharines OutReach & Engagement) Fund.
The Mayor’s Inaugural Charity Golf Tournament, which took place at the St. Catharines Golf and Country Club on Monday July 31, was an outstanding success. The event raised a remarkable amount of over $110,000 for local charitable organizations that are making a...